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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Product review and giveaway: GoGo squeeZ applesauce on the go

Does anyone remember the "applesauce rockets" I make for the girls? I wrote about them last summer and mentioned how much the girls dig them. I just take a baggie, pour in applesauce, clip it off, then snip the end and there you have it, an applesauce rocket. It's great, except for one thing: you really can't leave the kitchen with them. I've been wishing and wishing I had a way to travel with the dang things. Well then I saw an ad for GoGo squeeZ applesauce on the go and just had to find out more. I emailed the company and asked if I could review the product and they sent me two sets of samples—one for us to try and one to giveaway. Cool!

What We Thought:The resealable applesauce pouches have a twist-off lid, come in five flavors (appleapple, applepeach, applebanana, applecinnamon, and applestrawberry), and don't need to be refrigerated. Each pouch has 3.2 ounces of applesauce. We brought the stuff on roadtrips, on quick jaunts to the store, and on hikes to the park. It was awesome. I'd ask the girls what flavor they wanted, and then literally toss it to them in the backseat or in mid-walk. They got a big kick out of choosing flavors, and also catching the pouches in midair and twisting off the caps themselves. They thought the flavors were divine—seriously, they liked the stuff so much that when my mom was in charge of lunch one day and tried to give them the old brand of applesauce (which they used to LOVE), they waved frantic little hands in the air and said "No, no, Wela, we don't yike dat kind anymore." Heh heh. Oh, and did I mention that they have never once made a mess with this stuff? Never spilled a single drop—that, given the fact that we are talking about the twinados, is huge. It's made by Materne, an applesauce manufacturer from France, and is sold in some BabiesRUs, ToysRUs, Whole Foods, and Giant Eagle stores (see more choices at the Where to Buy section of the GoGo squeeZ web site), or online at Amazon.com.

The Bottom Line:The stuff rocks. The girls love the variety of flavors, and I love that it has no added sugar/artificial flavors/preservatives and is totally portable.

Areas for Improvement:The pouches are a touch on the small side for our hearty eaters. I'd love to see "big-kid" versions that were double in size, because I could see elementary kids really digging on these and even wanting them in packed lunches. Also, it would be nice if the packaging were a little more eco-friendly. I don't think it's recyclable, and that's a lot of material to just be tossed in the trash each time.

The Giveaway:One Salsa reader will win a case of GoGo squeeZ applesauce pouches (20 pouches, four of each flavor). To enter, just leave a comment here. One entry/comment per household, residents of the U.S. only, entries accepted until 8am on Monday 9/21/09. The winner will be drawn at random, announced on this blog, and also notified by email (if I have a way to contact you) that same day. The winner has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

~~~ 9/21/09 8:00am: THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. New entries will no longer be accepted. The winner will be drawn and announced by 5pm today.

Great product...would love to win it. I think the size isn't too bad even for elementary lunches. My son prefers to take 10 tiny servings of different things than only haveing 3 or 4 things in his lunchbox!

Applesauce is a godsend! we bring it with us to restaurants while we are waiting for dinner and our daughter "can't wait te eat." This would be perfect! No mess and I can slip it in my purse. Plus I love the no sugar/preservatives part.

My son would love to try these. He is crazy about gogurts yogurt, and I love how non messy it is. Ben absolutely loves applesauce, and I would love the no mess feature. I've never seen these before. :)

Sounds like a really fun product for kids...and even more fun for moms! :) With 4 little boys ages 5 and under (including 18 mth old twins), I am always looking for good, nutritious snacks with easy clean-up. We'd love to try this product!

GoGo SqueeZ is a staple at our house but we only have the plain apple around these parts. We buy Revolution Foods Mashups or Plum Tots too for some flavor variety. Gonna have to try to find some of the other GoGo SqueeZ flavors...if we don't win them in your sweet giveaway!Maya thinks they are the best thing ever. I have to agree. Completly portable, neat and delicious!

Thanks for the review. Our dogs, Bernadette & Gracie, would be so awfully sad if Ellie stopped using her hands to scoop out applesauce and switched to these. Then again- they'd always find something else, right?! =)